Rewrite Advisory Panel disestablished

The Rewrite Advisory panel was disestablished by the Minister of Revenue in late 2014. See the Minister's announcement on 2 December 2014 for more information.

Inland Revenue will still consider any unintended legislative change issues as part of its remedial work programme. You can continue to submit these on the Rewrite Advisory Panel website.

The content from this site and submitting of unintended legislative change issues will move to taxpolicy.ird.govt.nz in early 2016.

Disputes and Rulings Processes

The unintended legislative change process set out in this Panel Statement does not affect the operation of the disputes process or the rulings process. The unintended legislative change process sits alongside those statutory processes.

In each case, taxpayers and Inland Revenue will need to consider whether commencement of a dispute could be delayed or continuation of a dispute be suspended while an issue is referred through this process. This process does not override existing legislative time-bar or response periods.